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by Sentrytv 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF Membership and 20% discount
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

Hello Bob, For years there was no definition of what "being a member of MARCH/VCF" was. Starting with Steering Committee elections in 2020 we said being on the vcf-midatlantic discussion list meant that you were a member. Other organizations are clear in who is a member and who is not. So we wanted to do something a little more clear. The national board had been discussing how and what benefits for a membership for a few years before we decided in August 2022 to make a simple paid membership which had a simple benefit (for the time being). We also wanted membership to not just be a local (Wall, NJ) thing, but countrywide (worldwide?). Remember VCF isn't just a Wall, NJ thing. There is a VCF West show and a VCF Montreal show now. For your membership which is $25 a year or $100 for membership and you get 20% off events when paid through our vcf website. Does this mean that you can't participate in events? No Does it mean that you are excluded from anything? No. So to be very confusing there are paid members and non-paid members. If you are a non-paid member it means that you don't get 20% off VCF East tickets. Going forward this might change so that paid members get certain (additional) benefits and non-paid members don't get those benefits. Having paid membership brings us to the next level for our organization as well as funding to support all we do. If we were applying for a grant for example, how would we know how many members we have? How would we prove it? We are looking to renovate the 9010-B section to make a large museum space. How can we get $400,000 in funding? Through grants or corporate donations. The national board has a 5 year plan which includes a strategy to make us look like something that large corporations or grants would donate to us the money we need. Does that make sense? On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM Bob Aviles via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hi, > I have been a member for 20 years, but now you have changed to a payment > membership. I just want to know am I still a member or do I have to pay now > to be a member. > ThanksBobby > On Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 04:13:19 PM EDT, Jeffrey Brace via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Sorry for the confusion about the 20% discount with VCF East tickets. The > system was set up by others 3 years ago with little understanding of all > the functionality. I'm left to figure it out myself. > > There is a code that I can give you after I verify that you are a memer and > you will get the discount. > > If you have any questions, concerns, comments or problems, then please let > me know privately and I will take care of it. > > Jeff Brace > VCF East Showrunner > >

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VCF East 2025 - Free this year!
by Andrew Diller 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

I heard a rumor that VCF East was free this year- you just had to answer a small survey. Is this for real? -andy diller

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VCF Membership and 20% discount
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

Hello everyone, Sorry for the confusion about the 20% discount with VCF East tickets. The system was set up by others 3 years ago with little understanding of all the functionality. I'm left to figure it out myself. There is a code that I can give you after I verify that you are a memer and you will get the discount. If you have any questions, concerns, comments or problems, then please let me know privately and I will take care of it. Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR VCF EAST 2025
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about having too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are too many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law who has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me that he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that project. I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it wasn't relevant. So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and they agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no object you can get stuff done quickly! For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga roundtables for May 4. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR VCF EAST 2025
by Benjamin Dressler 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

That'd definitely ruffle some Commodore fanboy feathers... :) Good one! On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 6:38 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > If it wasn’t April Fools’ Day, I’d say you were joking! > > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Apr 1, 2025, at 6:01 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after > > releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about > having > > too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are > too > > many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more > > Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and > > important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an > > important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law > who > > has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me > that > > he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that > project. > > I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it > > wasn't relevant. > > > > So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and > they > > agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, > > having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are > > independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga > > talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the > > theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the > > t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist > > and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no > > object you can get stuff done quickly! > > > > For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga > > roundtables for May 4. > > > > Take care! > > > > Jeff Brace > > VCF East Showrunner > >

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MARCH Newsletter - February & March 2025
by Thomas G 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

Hello all, It's out! Apologies for missing February - I recently switched from part-time to full-time at my job, so I'm still shaking out the whole work/life balance thing. This newsletter is a bit less detailed than I wanted it to be, but we're all in a rush to get things ready for VCF East next week - read all about it below! http://midatlanticretro.com/newsletter/febmar25.pdf All previous editions of the newsletter are available here: http://midatlanticretro.com/newsletter.html -Thomas G. MARCH Committee Chairman & Collections Manager

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VCF East 2025 Consignment Dropoff Information
by Jeff Salzman 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

We're getting really close to the event. For those who are putting items up for sale in Consignment, the link below contains important instructions for dropping off your items on Friday and Saturday evenings. VCF Consignment Dropoff <https://vcfed.org/vcf-consignment-dropoff/> Please read the instructions provided on that page as it also contains a map of the gates and how to get to this year's Consignment location on campus. But in a nutshell: *You can come in either gate on Friday from 5PM to 10PM. However, on Saturday and Sunday, you *must* come in through the side gate. You will get an orange wristband, drop off your items, and then go back out through the available gates on the respective dropoff nights (both gates on Friday, side gate only on Saturday).* *On any of these days, you will need to park, drop off, and then move your vehicle to the parking lot as quickly as possible. We have limited parking space and no one can park in front of the fire hydrant.* For reference, last year's Consignment space is highlighted on the map to show, by scale, how much more space we have available in the new Consignment location. Thank you, Jeff Salzman

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2025 Consignment
by Gregg Levine 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

Hello! And Saturday next is expecting showers, not a steady rain fall. We've had showers on the Saturday once, perhaps twice. But no velociraptors. The six who live someplace on the grounds, moved out of the building posing as the consignment shop, and are temporarily living in a boathouse six blocks away. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com "This signature was still fighting the timewars, Time and again." On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM Hopkins, Justin via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > I might be the only person who is driving a pickup there and could potentially be impacted, but rain is not forecast for Friday night in case you were bringing stuff for consignment in an open vehicle > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 11:26:21 AM > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2025 Consignment > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 3: 09 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@ lists. vcfed. org> wrote: > Jeff will people who have wristbands be able to enter through the side > gate, at all times, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > This Message Is From an External Sender > This message came from outside your organization. > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > Jeff will people who have wristbands be able to enter through the side > > gate, at all times, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. > > > > Attendees who are pre-paid or want to buy with a credit card can enter > through the side gate *or* the front gate all three days. > If you want to pay cash, then through the front gate only. > If it is like last year, the parking lot A (closes to the front gate) will > fill up by 8:30AM. > > Not just for consignment, but to enter the area? > > Also will the waiting line for consignment to purchase items be inside? > > > > We have a plan to allow people to wait inside if it is raining. > > > > It is supposed to rain during the weekend. > > > > I'm working on my weather voodoo magic to make the rain go away during our > event. > > > > > > Sent from: > > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > > > On Mar 30, 2025, at 12:16 PM, Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > > Yes it is. Except it won't be a short path to Consignment like last > > year. > > > You'll be traveling around most of the back side of the campus to reach > > the > > > new location. > > > > > > Jeff Salzman > > > > > >> On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM Vincent B via vcf-midatlantic < > > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > >> > > >> I assume this side gate is the same one we used last year for > > consignment > > >> drop off? > > >> > > >> On Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 11:49 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > >> > > >>> We're getting really close to the event. For those who are putting > > items > > >> up > > >>> for sale in Consignment, the link below contains important instructions > > >> for > > >>> dropping off your items on Friday and Saturday evenings. > > >>> > > >>> VCF Consignment Dropoff <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://vcfed.org/vcf-consignment-dropoff/__;!!…> > > >>> > > >>> Please read the instructions provided on that page as it also contains > > a > > >>> map of the gates and how to get to this year's Consignment location > > >>> on campus. But in a nutshell: > > >>> > > >>> *You can come in either gate on Friday from 5PM to 10PM. However, on > > >>> Saturday and Sunday, you *must* come in through the side gate. You will > > >> get > > >>> an orange wristband, drop off your items, and then go back out through > > >> the > > >>> available gates on the respective dropoff nights (both gates on Friday, > > >>> side gate only on Saturday).* > > >>> > > >>> *On any of these days, you will need to park, drop off, and then move > > >> your > > >>> vehicle to the parking lot as quickly as possible. We have limited > > >> parking > > >>> space and no one can park in front of the fire hydrant.* > > >>> > > >>> For reference, last year's Consignment space is highlighted on the map > > to > > >>> show, by scale, how much more space we have available in the new > > >>> Consignment location. > > >>> > > >>> Thank you, > > >>> Jeff Salzman > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2025 Consignment
by Jeffrey Brace 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Jeff will people who have wristbands be able to enter through the side > gate, at all times, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. > Attendees who are pre-paid or want to buy with a credit card can enter through the side gate *or* the front gate all three days. If you want to pay cash, then through the front gate only. If it is like last year, the parking lot A (closes to the front gate) will fill up by 8:30AM. Not just for consignment, but to enter the area? > Also will the waiting line for consignment to purchase items be inside? > We have a plan to allow people to wait inside if it is raining. > It is supposed to rain during the weekend. > I'm working on my weather voodoo magic to make the rain go away during our event. > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Mar 30, 2025, at 12:16 PM, Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Yes it is. Except it won't be a short path to Consignment like last > year. > > You'll be traveling around most of the back side of the campus to reach > the > > new location. > > > > Jeff Salzman > > > >> On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM Vincent B via vcf-midatlantic < > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >> I assume this side gate is the same one we used last year for > consignment > >> drop off? > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 11:49 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >>> We're getting really close to the event. For those who are putting > items > >> up > >>> for sale in Consignment, the link below contains important instructions > >> for > >>> dropping off your items on Friday and Saturday evenings. > >>> > >>> VCF Consignment Dropoff <https://vcfed.org/vcf-consignment-dropoff/> > >>> > >>> Please read the instructions provided on that page as it also contains > a > >>> map of the gates and how to get to this year's Consignment location > >>> on campus. But in a nutshell: > >>> > >>> *You can come in either gate on Friday from 5PM to 10PM. However, on > >>> Saturday and Sunday, you *must* come in through the side gate. You will > >> get > >>> an orange wristband, drop off your items, and then go back out through > >> the > >>> available gates on the respective dropoff nights (both gates on Friday, > >>> side gate only on Saturday).* > >>> > >>> *On any of these days, you will need to park, drop off, and then move > >> your > >>> vehicle to the parking lot as quickly as possible. We have limited > >> parking > >>> space and no one can park in front of the fire hydrant.* > >>> > >>> For reference, last year's Consignment space is highlighted on the map > to > >>> show, by scale, how much more space we have available in the new > >>> Consignment location. > >>> > >>> Thank you, > >>> Jeff Salzman > >>> > >> > >

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